Flag

v. i.	1.	To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp. [imp. & p. p. Flagged (flăgd); p. pr. & vb. n. Flagging (flăg"gĭng).] As loose it [the sail] flagged around the mast. - T. Moore.
	2.	To droop; to grow spiritless; to lose vigor; to languish; as, the spirits flag; the strength flags. The pleasures of the town begin to flag. - Swift.
v. t.	1.	To let droop; to suffer to fall, or let fall, into feebleness; as, to flag the wings.
	2.	To enervate; to exhaust the vigor or elasticity of. Nothing so flags the spirits. - Echard.
n.	1.	That which flags or hangs down loosely.
	2.	A cloth usually bearing a device or devices and used to indicate nationality, party, etc., or to give or ask information; - commonly attached to a staff to be waved by the wind; a standard; a banner; an ensign; the colors; as, the national flag; a military or a naval flag.
	3.	(Zool.) A group of feathers on the lower part of the legs of certain hawks, owls, etc.
	4.	(Zool.) One of the wing feathers next the body of a bird; - called also flag feather. Black flag See under Black. Flag captain etc., special officers attached to the flagship, as aids to the flag officer. Flag officer the commander of a fleet or squadron; an admiral, or commodore. Flag of truse a white flag carried or displayed to an enemy, as an invitation to conference, or for the purpose of making some communication not hostile. Flag share the flag officer's share of prize money. Flag station (Railroad) a station at which trains do not stop unless signaled to do so, by a flag hung out or waved. National flag a flag of a particular country, on which some national emblem or device, is emblazoned. Red flag a flag of a red color, displayed as a signal of danger or token of defiance; the emblem of anarchists. To dip, the flag to mlower it and quickly restore it to its place; - done as a mark of respect. To hang out the white flag to ask truce or quarter, or, in some cases, to manifest a friendly design by exhibiting a white flag. To hang the flag half-mast high to raise it only half way to the mast or staff, as a token or sign of mourning. To strike the flag to haul it down, in token of respect, submission, or, in an engagement, of surrender. Yellow flag the quarantine flag of all nations; also carried at a vessel's fore, to denote that an infectious disease is on board.
v. t.	1.	To signal to with a flag or by waving the hand; as, to flag a train; also used with down; as, to flag down a cab.
	2.	To convey, as a message, by means of flag signals; as, to flag an order to troops or vessels at a distance.
	3.	To decoy (game) by waving a flag, handkerchief, or the like to arouse the animal's curiosity. The antelope are getting continually shyer and more difficult to flag. - T. Roosevelt.
n.	1.	(Bot.) An aquatic plant, with long, ensiform leaves, belonging to either of the genera Iris and Acorus. Cooper's flag the cat-tail (Typha latifolia), the long leaves of which are placed between the staves of barrels to make the latter water-tight. Corn flag See under 2d Corn. Flag broom a coarse of broom, originally made of flags or rushes. Flag root the root of the sweet flag. Sweet flag See Calamus, n., 2.
v. t.	1.	To furnish or deck out with flags.
n.	1.	A flat stone used for paving.
	2.	(Geol.) Any hard, evenly stratified sandstone, which splits into layers suitable for flagstones.
v. t.	1.	To lay with flags of flat stones. The sides and floor are all flagged with . . . marble. - Sandys.

Noun	1.	flag - emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design
	2.	flag - plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals Synonyms: fleur-de-lis, iris, sword lily
	3.	flag - a rectangular piece of fabric used as a signalling device Synonyms: signal flag
	4.	flag - a listing printed in all issues of a newspaper or magazine (usually on the editorial page) that gives the name of the publication and the names of the editorial staff, etc. Synonyms: masthead
	5.	flag - flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green Synonyms: pin
	6.	flag - stratified stone that splits into pieces suitable as paving stones Synonyms: flagstone
	7.	flag - a conspicuously marked or shaped tail
Verb	1.	flag - communicate or signal with a flag
	2.	flag - provide with a flag; "Flag this file so that I can recognize it immediately"
	3.	flag - droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness Synonyms: droop, sag, swag
	4.	flag - decorate with flags; "the building was flagged for the holiday"
	5.	flag - become less intense Synonyms: ease off, slacken off, ease up

1.	(programming)	flag - A variable or quantity that can take on one of two values; a bit, particularly one that is used to indicate one of two outcomes or is used to control which of two things is to be done. "This flag controls whether to clear the screen before printing the message." "The program status word contains several flag bits." See also hidden flag, mode bit.
2.		flag - command line option.

To see your national flag in your dream, signifies peace and/or prosperity. To see a flag of a foreign nation, denotes a breach of trust between friends.Dannebrog, Jolly Roger, Old Glory, Star-Spangled Banner, Stars and Stripes, Tarmac, Tarvia, Union Flag, Union Jack, abate, adobe, and blue, ashlar, asphalt, banderole, banner, banneret, bead, beat, beat the drum, bejewel, beribbon, bespangle, bitumen, bituminous macadam, black flag, blacktop, blade, blow, blue ensign, bract, bracteole, bractlet, break, break down, brick, bricks and mortar, bunting, burgee, burn out, carpet, causeway, cave in, cement, check off, clinker, coachwhip, cobble, cobblestone, collapse, color, colors, come apart, come unstuck, concrete, conk out, cotyledon, covering materials, crack up, crumble, curb, curbing, curbstone, dally, dangle, dawdle, debilitate, decline, decrease, degenerate, delay, desiccate, deteriorate, diamond, die, dillydally, diminish, dip, disintegrate, do in, do up, drag, droop, drop, dry up, dwindle, ease up, ebb, edgestone, enervate, engrave, ensign, exchange colors, exhaust, fade, fade away, fag, fag out, fail, faint, fall off, falter, fatigue, feather, ferroconcrete, festoon, figure, filigree, firebrick, fizzle out, flag down, flagging, flagstone, flash, floor, flooring, floral leaf, flounce, flower, foliole, frazzle, frond, garland, gasp, gem, gesture, get tired, give a signal, give out, give the nod, give way, glance, glume, go downhill, go soft, go to pieces, gonfalon, gonfanon, goof off, gravel, grow weary, guidon, hail, hail and speak, half-mast, halt, hang down, harass, hit the skids, hoist a banner, house flag, identify, illuminate, inform, involucre, involucrum, jack, jade, jewel, kerb, kerbstone, kick, knock out, knock up, label, lag, lamina, languish, lath and plaster, leaf, leaflet, leer, lemma, lessen, let up, ligule, linger, loiter, lollygag, long pennant, lose strength, macadam, make a sign, mark, masonry, merchant flag, metal, mortar, motion, national flag, needle, nod, nudge, oriflamme, overfatigue, overstrain, overtire, overweary, paint, pant, pave, pavement, pavestone, paving, paving material, paving stone, peak, pebble, peg out, pendant, pennant, pennon, pennoncel, petal, peter out, pile, pine, pine needle, plasters, play out, plume, poke, poop, poop out, prestressed concrete, prostrate, puff, puff and blow, raise a cry, red, red ensign, ribbon, road metal, roofage, roofing, royal standard, run down, run out, sag, salute, sear, seed leaf, sepal, shilly-shally, shrink, shrivel, siding, sign, signal, signal flag, signalize, sink, slump, sound an alarm, sound the trumpet, spangle, spathe, speak, spear, spire, standard, stipula, stipule, stone, stop, streamer, subside, succumb, swag, swallowtail, tab, tag, taper off, tar, tarmacadam, tarry, tick off, tile, tiling, tinsel, tire, tire out, tire to death, touch, trail, tricolor, tucker, unfurl a flag, use up, vexillum, walling, wane, warn, washboard, waste, waste away, waste time, wave, wave a flag, wave the hand, weaken, wear, wear away, wear down, wear on, wear out, wear thin, weary, wheeze, white, wilt, wind, wink, wither, wither away, wizen, wreathe, yield

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